writer, critic, professor:
Huda Hassan’s award-winning cultural writing and criticism appear everywhere, including New York Magazine, Pitchfork, The Fader, Cosmopolitan, and Gawker. She is a producer, having worked recently on Black Life: A Canadian History (CBC) and For The Culture (CBC). A former writer for Pound magazine, Complex, and CBC Arts (Against the Grain), she now writes a newsletter, Mother, Loosen My Tongue, and is working on her first book, Children of the Snow (2027).
As a cultural critic, Huda has appeared on CBC’s Commotion, Metro Morning, and The Current, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), alongside CTV’s Culture Shock and Pop Life shows. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University (2022-2025) and was a recipient of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg fellowship for her writing and research. She is a juror for the National Magazine Awards, Polaris Music Prize, and the SOCAN Songwriting Awards.
Huda is currently writing a book of essays on the relationship between cities and grief (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin, 2027) and is represented by Ron Eckel (Cooke McDermid). She was raised in Toronto’s east end, Scarborough, has lived in Montreal, and now lives in New York City.
Recent writing/criticism:
For CBC Commotion, culture critics Huda Hassan, Pablo The Don, and Matt Amha on why everyone's so excited about the new Clipse album, Let God Sort Em Out
For New York Magazine, a feature on grandparents fighting against book bans
For CBC Commotion, culture critic Huda Hassan and author/filmmaker Catherine Hernandez discuss how the new Canadian film ‘Morningside’ reflects life in Scarborough
For The Globe and Mail, a book review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dream Count, a worn-out literary path of essentialism
